Quick Hits: Bengals Backup Defense Stands Up To Bears Starters

Geoff Hobson

CHICAGO - Bears No. 1 overall pick Caleb Wiliams may have danced into the end zone on a seven-yard touchdown run in his Soldier Field debut Saturday, but the Bengals backup defense held him to a miserly 75-yard passing day in his first half of work.

Williams worked the first half of a 27-3 preseason win, but completed just six of his 13 passes for a 64.6 passer rating during a sequence rookie